Handle for electric appliances or the like



Feb. 14, 1939.-

W. E GUNDELFINGER HANDLE FOR ELECTRIC APPLIANCES OR THE LIKE Filed July6, 1956 Patented Feb. 14, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE HANDLE FORELECTRIC APPLIANCES OR THE LIKE corporation of Missouri Application July6 1936, Serial No. 89,159

1 Claim.

An object of my invention is to provide an inexpensively manufacturedand simple handle for an electric appliance or the like, which can beformed and mounted in a minimum of time.

A further object is to provide a handle member for electric appliancesand the like formed of a tubular element bent .U-shaped and havinginternally screw threaded terminal ends, means being provided forattaching the handle to a flange or other portion of an appliance, suchmeans being in the form of a screw threaded into each end of the handleafter passing through perforations in such flange.

Still a further object is to provide a handle of this character whichcan be mounted either at right angles to the portion to which it isattached or at an angle relative thereto.

With these and other objects in view, my invention consists in theconstruction, arrangement and combination of the various parts of thedevice, whereby the objects contemplated are attained, as hereinaftermore fully set forth, pointed out in my claim, and illustrated in theaccompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a plan view of a wafile iron showing the handle embodying myinvention applied thereto, both on the base and upper grid of the waffleiron.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the same.

Figure 3 is an enlarged sectional view on the line 3-3 of Figure 2,showing how the handle is secured to the appliance.

Figure 4 is a similar sectional view showing a modified construction inwhich the handle extends at an angle relative to the appliance.

Figure 5 is a similar sectional view showing another modification; and

Figure 6 is a sectional view on a reduced scale on the line 66 of Figure5.

On the accompanying drawing I have used the reference numeral H! toindicate an appliance base, l2 a lower grid casing and I4 an upper gridcasing thereof.

My handle element is indicated generally at A and A, the handle A beingfor the base It! and the handle A being for the upper grid casing IA.

The handle A or A comprises a tubular element bent U-shaped to form ahandle portion l6 and arms I8. The arms H3 at their terminal ends areinternally screw threaded as indicated at 20. A screw 22 is adapted toscrew into each terminal end, the screws being provided with heads 24.

The base III has a flange 26 provided with a pair of perforations 28 forthe screws 24 of each handle 18. As clearly shown in Figure 3, the head24 engages the inner surface of the flange 26, while the terminal end ofthe arm l8 of the handle A engages the outer surface of the flange.Accordingly when the screw is tightened, the handle is rigidly securedin position extending at right angles to the flange 26.

In some installations, it may be desirable to have the handle extend atan angle relative to the flange or other portion of an appliance towhich it is secured. This may be accomplished as shown in either Figure4 or Figure 5. In Figure 4' a handle A" is illustrated having the endthereof indicated at 30 at an oblique angle relative to the axis of thehandle. Thus when this end contacts with a flange 26a of an appliance,the handle extends at other than a right angle to the flange. I

In order that a head 24a. of a screw 22a will properly tighten the end30 against the flange 26a, I interpose a bushing 32 between the head andthe flange. This has its left end at right angles to its axis, and itsright end at an oblique angle corresponding with the end 30 as clearlyshown in Figure 4.

As an alternative method for arranging the handle A at an angle relativeto a flange 26b, as indicated in Figure 5, the flange may have an offsetportion 34 in which a perforation 28b is provided for the screw 221).These offset portions may be wholly on the outer surface of the flange26b, as illustrated in Figures 5 and 6, whollyon its inner surface, orpartially on one and partially on the other in an obvious manner.

The handle A in Figure 1 illustrates how the handle can be applied tothe casing M in an obvious manner similar to the arrangement of Figure3. The handle, of course, may be mounted on any other type of devicerequiring a handle, and various changes may be made in the constructionand arrangement of the parts of the handle without departing from thereal spirit and purpose of my invention, and it is my intention to coverby my claim any modified forms of structure or use of mechanicalequivalents which may be reasonably included within its scope.

I claim as my invention:

In a deviceof the class described, a wall element, a handle element andmeans for securing said elements together, said handle elementcomprising an element having internally threaded sockets in its terminalends, and said means comprising headed screws extended through said wallelement and into said terminal ends of said handle element, a portion ofsaid wall being bent at an oblique angle relative to the general planeof the wall whereby said handle element extends at an angle to saidgeneral plane.

WILLIAM E. GUNDELFINGER.

